After 4 YEARS I FINALLY Played Byzantium In EU4

In this video titled After 4 YEARS I FINALLY Played Byzantium In EU4 I play as Byzantium in Europa Universalis 4. This could also be viewed as an EU4 Byzantium guide. In this playthrough as Byzantium my ultimate goal is to form The Roman Empire, complete the Byzantium mission tree and conquer all of the provinces that were once owned by The Roman Empire. After four years of making videos this is my first full playthrough of Byzantium in vanilla EU4. Enjoy!

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[TheRedHawk]

Let me know if you want to see part 2!

[ardbzfun]

42:30 When you beat the ottomans so much they become orthodox

[JustAwesomeAndRatedR]

35:09
If you really want to conquer Caucasia, release Trebizond as a vassal, make them a pronoia and feed them all provinces with Georgian culture.. Trebizond can use the mission "Georgian Union" in the mission tree to convert Georgian to Greco-Georgian, which saves you a place in the accepted cultures.

And a little Bonus:
With the "Chaldian Deposits" mission in the mission tree, Trebizond can change the trade goods in his capital Trebizond from Naval supplies to Gold and in Erzurum from Livestock to Copper.

[Scott-en-tot]

There's never a bad time to do a Byzantium run! Excited to watch the whole series!

[BogdanAriasu]

Finally some love for THE Roman Empire

[mateuszchoda]

My advice for playing Byz: Pronoia are actually very important - they don't take a relation slot, and you need at least two if you want the standing army branching missions (which also make them stronger). Religious is op, because of missionary strength buffs and tolerance of the true faith. It can be better to convert freshly taken provinces before coring them, since the conversions are so fast, and tolerance outweighs unrest debuffs from unaccepted cultures and the like.

[thegrumpyraccoon]

Don't worry about longevity of EU4.
Knowing paradox track record, EU5 will probably be so flavourless that people won't care for it until 2029.

[Dederlys]

I want so hard you to finish this campaign. I love Byzantium into Roman Empire. That was my first successful EU4 campaign back in 1.36 thanks to your guide. Thxs for the content !

[barbadoskado]

AWESOME HAIRCUT !! lovin it! and a byzantium video. me gusta

[SRWG]

Byzantium is always a fun run because of the sequence of bosses you have to face in order to restore the empire. You have a big initial hurdle with the ottos, then you have the mamluks, and then unless things get really wacky you still have major threats in the colonizers, france, etc.

[tigrosabertooth]

Some notes for novices in byzantine struggle: 1)convert epirus on vassalization for prestige and lower LD, 2)declare on ottos about 1446-48, when they're gone for supporting timmies' vassals rebellion, 3)keep about 26 regiments on gallipoli, and ottos won't cross. 4)take bulgaria westerm and two eastern cores, decrease autonomy, then provoke - ottos can't land and fight rebels back, and in 5 years bulgaria is yours. 5)declare on serbia immediately after first war, bcs reconquering them from hungary will be way harder.

[PedroTT]

Finally!

I am loving your several parts series, Hawk. You're my favorite youtuber rn!

[DaedricGod]

Crimea as a vassal is looking like a good reconquest against the ottomans

[SharpieLEET]

Wow, what a coincidence. I was just saying that I should play Byzantium again and should find a guide on Youtube. Thank you so much man!

[bobboo]

Retract right to inheritance exists, please use it

[iliastephnadze]

" I don't think I need Wallachia from Poland"

The entire country of "ROMA"NIA: 👁️👄👁️

[rsgrnbed]

Your videos cemented my love of this game. Thank you for your hard work and brilliant sense of humor and personality.

[polarischris]

Hawk you're hands down my favorite EU4 youtuber. I can't wait to see what you do with this playthrough. I'm 1600 hours into the game and I feel like my knowledge for the game has plateau'd and I'm learning less and less each time I play so being able to watch someone with wayyyy more experience might give me more ideas :)

[danplocinski]

Very excited for this playthrough, I recently tried a Byzantium run using your old guide and Aragon kept Naples for maybe the first time I've ever seen. Also, for anyone else attempting, make sure you have at least 15 galleys or you can't naval barrage Ottoman forts.

[elbast]

Great start! The monument in Athens pairs rally well with the gov reform to reduce the cost of advisors with ruler’s religion (and innovative and or espionage). You could be drowning in mana.